• Offered by Law School
  • ANU College ANU College of Law
  • Classification Advanced
    Specialist
  • Course subject Laws
  • Areas of interest Law
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Prof Leighton McDonald
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in Spring Session 2014
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Judicial review is an important aspect of administrative law which focuses on the relationship between the courts and the executive arm of government. This course will focus on some of the interesting and challenging current issues in the Australian law of judicial review.

Topics to be covered include:

  1. Introduction; Different Approaches to Judicial Review
  2. Negotiating the Public/Private Distinction
  3. Judicial Review Remedies: current issues
  4. The Resurgence of Jurisdictional Error
  5. Can Invalid Decisions have Legal Consequences?
  6. Jurisdictional Facts and Irrationality Review
  7. Privative Clauses and Alternative techniques to restrict judicial review
  8. Procedural Fairness, the principle of legality, and Judicial Deference.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

This course provides a specialist study of one method of administrative law review ? judicial review by courts. The course will approach this topic in three ways:

  • by defining the major principles relating to judicial review of administrative action
  • by examining recent cases and trends in judicial review
  • by noting the functional impact of court review on government administrative decision-making

Other Information

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Indicative Assessment

Students must rely on the Approved Assessment which will be posted to the Wattle course site, prior to the commencement of the course.

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Workload

26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery over 4 days)

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Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must be studying in one of the following programs; Master of Laws (7300) Master of Laws (Legal Practice) (7312) Master of Diplomacy/Master of Laws (7883) Graduate Diploma in Law (6300) or you must be studying one of the following programs Master of Legal Studies (7305) Master of Environmental Law (7309) Master of Government and Commercial Law (7313) Master of International Law (7310) Master of Law, Governance and Development (7317) Master of International Security Law (7318) Master of Diplomacy/Master of International Law (7893) Graduate Diploma in Law, Governance and Development (6317) Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies (6305) Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (6309) Graduate Diploma in Government and Commercial Law (6313) Graduate Diploma in International Law (6310) Graduate Diploma in International Security Law (6318) Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (6303) Graduate Certificate in Environmental Law (6351) AND have completed LAWS8015.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
3
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee Description
1994-2003 $1626
2014 $2808
2013 $2808
2012 $2808
2011 $2778
2010 $2718
2009 $2670
2008 $2670
2007 $2670
2006 $2646
2005 $2298
2004 $1926
International fee paying students
Year Fee
1994-2003 $2916
2014 $3762
2013 $3756
2012 $3756
2011 $3756
2010 $3750
2009 $3426
2008 $3426
2007 $3426
2006 $3426
2005 $3234
2004 $2916
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Spring Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
8654 28 Nov 2014 28 Nov 2014 12 Dec 2014 24 Jan 2015 In Person N/A

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